Day pillow-case.



. L. HOSKEN.

DAY PILLOW CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1910.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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CHARLES L. HOSKEN, 0F WILMETTE, ILLINOIS.

DAY PILLOW-CASE.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. HOSKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the village of Wilmette, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Day Pillow-Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to day pillow cases, that is to say to coverings which are placed over the pillows in the morning and removed at night, and the purpose of which is to give a neat appearance to the head of the bed.

It is usual to place, and sometimes to secure by mechanical means, an ornamental square of material (generally known as a pillow sham upon the pillow in the morning and remove it at night. This method has the disadvantage that the sham is very liable to be disarranged, and, if fastened in place, the fastening is a troublesome operation and must be very carefully performed. Moreover the ends of the pillow are visible from the side of the bed and often present an unsightly appearance. The shams are sometimes mounted upon hinged frames secured to the head of the bed, but this requires a certain amount of mechanism, while the shams, when in position upon the pillows, present a disagreeably artificial appearance. The pillows are also sometimes inserted in a hollow bolster or roll, the outer part of which is of an ornamental nature. The roll lies at the head of the bed during the day time and is placed aside at night after the pillows have been removed from it. Such bolsters or rolls have an artificial appearance and compress the pillows thereby packing the feathers and also impart a creased and untidy appearance to the sleeping pillow case. Moreover they are unsanitary since they do not allow access of the air to the pillows during the day time.

It is the object of my invention to provide a day pillow case which will not be subject to any of the above drawbacks and which will have a pleasing appearance and will be cheap of manufacture.

A day pillow case constructed in accordance with my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View showing the covering in place upon a pillow. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the covering. Fig. 3

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 23, 1910.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Serial No. 562,818.

is a rear elevation of the covering, and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The day pillow case illustrated in the drawing is intended for an oblong pillow and consists of a rectangular piece of material a, which will hereinafter be termed the front, to the rear side of which are secured strips 6 which form, with the front, a pillow-retaining pocket. The pocket, in the construction shown, is formed by four strips 5 folded lengthwise between their longitudinal edges and secured together to form a kind of rectangular frame, the rear edges of the strips Z) being secured to the front a along lines (Z (Figs. 1, 2 and 4:). By this construction a pocket or receptacle is formed, which pocket has a rectangular opening 0 (Figs. 3 and 4) in the back of sufficient size for the pillow, with a little compressing of the edges, to be pushed flatwise there through. The strips Z) are of sufficient width to retain a pillow securely in place by its edges when it has been pushed into the pocket. The lines (Z upon which the strips 6 are secured to the front a are set at some distance within the edge of the latter, so as to leave a marginal frill e.

As will be seen from Figs. 2 and 4, the strips 5 form a pocket or receptacle, the edges 7 of which formed by the longitudinal creases of the strips are located at a considerable lateral distance from the lines (Z upon which the strips Z) are joined to the front a. The effect of this is that when a pillow is inserted in the pocket formed by the strips 6, and is then placed on edge as shown in Fig. 4, the top portion of the frill 6 will lie upon the part of the top strip Z) situated between the securing line 03 and the edge 7' while the lower portion of the frill can hang free. This insures a tidy appearance and does away with the objection, inherent in pillow covers in which the frill extends from the edge of the pillow, that the upper portion of the frill is liable to lie back behind the pillow and the lower portion of the frill to be crushed beneath the edge of the pillow.

It is a matter of very little trouble to insert a pillow into my improved day pillow case and the removal of the pillow is equally easy. All that is visible from the side of the bed is the end of the pocket formed by the strips 6, so that the untidy appearance of the open end of the pillow case is entirely avoided. The case is pleasing in appearance, and is quite sanitary, owing to the fact that the pillow is exposed to the circulation of air when the cover is in use. The case can be manufactured simply and economically and can be washed and laundered very readily.

Under the term frill I intend to include any form of ornamental margin such as a scalloped or embroidered border,a rufile, or the like. i

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A day pillow case comprising a front, and closed ends and sides adapted to conform to the contour of the pillow, and. a frill upon said front, the line of juncture of the frill and the front being spaced from the edges of the ends and sides of the case, and said case having an enlarged unobstructed opening in the back through which the pillow may be introduced or withdrawn, for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. HOSKEN.

WVitnesses CHARLES Gr. Corn, MABEL REYNOLDS.

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